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Protection of Freedoms Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Phillips of Sudbury (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 13 December 2011. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Protection of Freedoms Bill.

I promise that this will be my last intervention, but it is important to get this as right as we can. I am afraid the Minister’s argument does not hold because Clause 33(5) starts by saying: "““In this section ‘relevant authority’ means””," and that includes any extension under paragraph (k). I put that to him, and I would be grateful if he would review this later.